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An ace is a military aviator or airman credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft. The term ace originated in World War I when French newspapers described Adolphe Pègoud as l'as (French for ace) after he shot down five German aircraft.
 
    Name Score
1666 Russia Leman, Ernst 5
1667 Scotland Lennox, James Scott 5
1668 France Leroy De Boiseaumarie, Pierre Marie Gabriel Vincent Ernest 5
1669 Germany Leusch, Wilhelm 5
1670 France Lienhart, Georges Frederic 5
1671 Scotland Lightbody, John Douglas 5
1672 South Africa Lindup, Ernest 5
1673 Canada Little, Robert Hazen 5
1674 Wales Lloyd Williams, John Jordan 5
1675 Germany Lorenz, Heinrich 5
1676 England Lowe, Reginald 5
1677 USA Luff, Frederic Earnest 5
1678 England Lupton, Charles Roger 5
1679 Scotland MacAndrew, Colin Glen Orr 5
1680 Canada MacDonald, Ross Morrison 5
 
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